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• Finding Your Why

  by Gerald Henthorn December 22, 2011
  We have a new year coming at us, and it will be here shortly. Think of all the possibilities. Think of all the good things waiting for you. Think of all the things you’re going to accomplish over the next twelve months. I’m sure you have a list of resolutions already prepared. All too o...

• A Visit with Psalm 23

  by Gerald Henthorn October 19, 2011
  I am a linguist by education. My language specialty is Hebrew, the language I studied most thoroughly. In linguistics, I’m what you might call a word harvester, but I’m not sure such a classification truly exists. There is a funny thing about words. They have no meaning. They are o...
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• Birds of a Feather

  by Gerald Henthorn March 27, 2011
  “Birds of a feather flock together.” This old adage has a lot of truth in it. You are an average of the 5 to 10 people with whom you associate the most. Your bank accounts are about the same. Your homes look a lot alike. You use the same words. Your dreams and aspirations run par...
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• Some Words Strung Together

  by Gerald Henthorn March 13, 2011
  Just a short note on what I've been contemplating all day. Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. Now, lets mov...

• Good Things Come

  by Gerald Henthorn February 24, 2011
  I’m sure we’ve all heard the adage, ‘Good things come to those who wait.’ This is a truism. Good things do come to those who wait. However, it is only part of the ‘Good Things’ recipe. There is more to eating that blueberry pie than sitting around waiting for ...

• Irritable Brain Syndrome

  by Gerald Henthorn December 26, 2010
  It’s very early in the morning of December 26th, the day after Christmas.  A lot of people I know tend to get down in the dumps this time of year, way down in the dumps.  I can’t remember getting that way.  I was raised in a Jehovahs Witness household, so we didn&rsquo...
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• Rosebud

  by Gerald Henthorn November 25, 2010
  It’s the early morning of November 25th, Thanksgiving here in the United States.  It’s briskly cold outside of the shack I call home.  A little space heater is sitting next to me, keeping me company as I sit at my desk and write.  A disorganization of books, pads of pap...
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• A Modern Interpretation of The Lords Prayer

  by Gerald Henthorn September 30, 2010
  I grew up with The Lords Prayer.  I’ll attach a very long caveat to that statement.  I was borne, and raised in a Jehovahs Witness household.  It was kosher to read The Lords Prayer in passing, as part of the Bible in its entirety.  However, to pray The Lords Prayer, or to contem...
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• You Are What You Think

  by Gerald Henthorn August 30, 2010
  You are what you think about most of the time.  Brian Tracy puts it this way, "You are what you think about most of the time."  There is more to the story than acute awareness in your environment of those things associated with little black pickup trucks.  Your mind, and its imagi...

• Forgiveness

  by Gerald Henthorn August 5, 2010
  One day Jesus was out there giving a lecture.  He was teaching a revolutionary idea.  He was teaching that it is better to simply forgive the torts and felonies aimed in our direction than it is to not. Somebody out in the audience perked up and said, “But, what if your brother hits you...

• Exit Stage Right

  by Gerald Henthorn July 28, 2010
  I’ve contemplated death Platonically, as an academic exercise.  To study death otherwise would be a waste of time, as one could not publish their conclusions. In my personal life, I’ve recently had an event that caused me to revisit my contemplations on the subject.  This is a picture ...

• Atmospheric Influence

  by Gerald Henthorn July 18, 2010
  A while back I was sitting in my trailer during one of those hot, humid, oppressive Nebraska summers.  The Sun had shone steadily on my little tin box dwelling place, making it feel like an oven inside.   I had a dinky little window AC unit crammed into one of my windows, and, try ...

• Me and Sid Out at the Break Table

  by Gerald Henthorn July 8, 2010
  I’ve heard this expression quite often in recent years, “You are a spirit having a materiel experience.”  For some reason, that expression conflabergasted me.  I just wasn’t grasping the concept.  I should say I wasn’t getting a good grip on it, it kept trying to slip back out of my f...